Project: Cultural Heritage through time
| Acronym | ChT2 |
| Duration | 01/09/2015 - 28/02/2018 |
| Project Topic | Cultural Heritage Through Time (CHT2) is a European project whose scope is to develop time-varying 3D products, from landscape to architectural scale, to envisage and analyse lost scenarios or visualize changes due to anthropic activities or intervention, pollution, wars, earthquakes or other natural hazards. The main aim of the CHT2 project is to merge heterogeneous information and expertise to deliver enhanced four-dimensional (4D) digital products of heritage sites. CHT2 is working on the full integration of the temporal dimension, its management and visualization, for studying and analysing Cultural Heritage structures and landscapes through time. For landscapes, it is possible to chronologically highlight transformations and investigate how urbanization influenced change. For cities, time-varying 3D models allow the rediscovery of lost areas or buildings. Finally, for architecture or buildings, starting from a 3D model of the actual situation, changes are highlighted and missing parts are reconstructed based on historic information. The heterogeneous information necessary for the project’s accomplishment comes from from national museums and archives with the support of the associate partners. |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
• A general multidisciplinary methodology for creating 4D models of heritage assets ranging from buildings, urban contexts or landscapes, integrating heterogeneous sources such as archival materials (multi-temporal aerial and terrestrial photographs, historical maps, ancient drawings and paintings, previous archaeological studies, etc.), and accessible through a 4D visualiser tool. • 4D digital models of the four case-study heritage sites, implementing the methodology mentioned above, and allowing to share multi-temporal information on the web, for remote analyses of lost or damaged assets, for dissemination purposes and aiming to provide the stakeholders with a 4D method for managing their heritage sites, planning possible future interventions and visualising changes due to anthropic activities or intervention, pollution, wars, earthquakes or other natural hazards. • Four concrete examples on how to develop active collaborations with local stakeholders allowing the realisation of such models, with the contribution of nontechnical disciplines. |
| Website | visit project website |
| Network | HERITAGE PLUS |
| Call | JPI Cultural Heritage and Global Change |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
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| 1 | Politecnico of Milan, Milano | Coordinator | Italy |
| 2 | Newcastle University | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Salamanca University | Partner | Spain |
| 4 | Stanislaw Staszic Scientific Association | Partner | Poland |